
A grebe swims in stately fashion, while, peep- 
ing from the warm cradle of her back, eager, con- 
tented young birds take a sail with her 
even before the ice is melted. To 
secure the young birds for this group 
it was necessary to hatch the eggs of 
the wild goose under a hen, so difficult 
is it to find the young in nature. 
(Reproduced from studies made at 
Crane Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. ) 
The grebe is another of our aquatic 
Geshe eed birds which builds its 
nest near the water. 
During the incubation period the par- 
ent bird usually covers the eggs with 
grass and reeds when leaving the nest. 
Nesting at the same lake with the 
grebe was the red-head duck, which 
lays from fifteen to twenty eggs. 
(Reproduced from studies made at 
Crane Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. ) 
The loon is justly famed for its 
skill as a diver, and can 
swim with great speed 
under water. Its weird call is a 
Loon Group 



This group shows a stretch of wes- 
bn) 
tern plateau covered 
Sage Grouse 
with sage bush. In this 
= Group 
bush is seen the male 
sage grouse strutting and wooing a 
mate. (Reproduced from studies at 
Medicine Bow, Wyoming. ) 
The prairie chickens are akin to 
the common — grouse. 
The group represents 4, Prairie 
: rl & Chicken 
typical scene during the ein 
mating season. The 
male birds go through most surprising 
antics in their efforts to attract the 
females. They inflate the orange- 
colored sacs on the sides of their 
necks, dancing and strutting about 
and uttering a loud resonant booming 
note. (Reproduced from studies near 
Halsey, Nebraska. ) 
The wild goose is one of the first 
birds to migrate north 
in the spring. It nests 
in the lakes of Canada 
Wild Goose 
Group 
Love making of the prairie chicken. In this 
position and with orange-like air sacks inflated, 
he produces a booming sound which may carry a 
distance of two miles 
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